499: Heartless

After learning everything from Qi Ying's mind, Chen De showed a clear expression.

It turned out that this was related to the cultivation heritage of Heartless Hall.

In a sense, the Dao of Heartless Hall could only be called 'heartless' when cultivated to the Immortal Law Realm.

But even at the Immortal Law Realm, it wouldn't be truly heartless.

The current situation was because the heritage of Heartless Hall was passed down from generation to generation.

Successive Hall Masters and Holy Maidens cultivated a peculiar cultivation method that could perfectly transition the cultivation achievements of the previous generation to the next.

Moreover, with each transition, the inherited power would become stronger and stronger.

This rate of strengthening was far, far faster than normal cultivation.

However, people are selfish; how could they willingly give away their life's cultivation achievements empty-handed?

Even if these achievements were obtained extremely easily.

The creator of this path could do this, but that didn't mean others could too.

And so, the interesting part of this path came: anyone who cultivated it would become increasingly detached and rational.

Since the heritage could make the next generation stronger and stronger, they would pass it on without hesitation.

Even if the price was everything they had.

Chen De observed the cultivation method of Heartless Hall and found that the power they cultivated was inherently problematic.

It wasn't about severing all emotions, but rather suppressing all emotions.

As long as these powers remained within her, her emotions would be continuously suppressed.

But due to rationality, she couldn't possibly abandon her power.

And so, the situation fell into a strange, dead loop.

But there was another way; the original idea of the founder of this path was to accelerate cultivation, to foster a strong individual on this path, rather than a rational machine.

Therefore, as long as one could cultivate to a certain level, the power would undergo a qualitative change and no longer suppress the individual's emotions.

So, this cultivation method was essentially sacrificing countless previous generations to achieve the final generation.

That founder didn't care who became the final victor; she only cared whether a victor appeared on this path.

After analyzing it, Chen De couldn't help but admire the strong individual who created this path.

Although this was different from the philosophy of their Holy Mother Sect, and even completely contradictory.

But to have such obstinacy and determination to do something, anyone would know to respect it.

Moreover, many people received the inheritance of that founder back then; the creator of Heartless Hall was just one of them.

So Chen De speculated that in the universe, there were probably many forces like Heartless Hall.

The cultivation method of Heartless Hall was very interesting; after some thought, Chen De included it in the Holy Mother Sect.

He personally renamed it the 'Holy Love Grand Canon'.

It could be used as one of the Holy Mother Sect's research cultivation methods and given to some experimental subjects for cultivation.

But he himself would not cultivate this path; Chen De did not need 'heartlessness'.

Because he vaguely felt that the cultivation of this path seemed to have a 'raising Gu' feeling, and also a bit of a 'raising leeks' feeling.

After all, the cultivated power could be perfectly transitioned, and this provided very convenient conditions.

After refining and absorbing Qi Ying, Chen De gained a full five attribute points.

Her strength wasn't as great as Shi Li's, but she brought Chen De quite a few attribute points.

It must be said that this trip to Heartless Hall truly brought Chen De a huge surprise.

That is to say, including what he originally had, Chen De now had 8.2 attribute points in his hands.

According to his estimate, he still needed 1.8 attribute points to meet the requirements for a breakthrough in Law Profoundness.

This time there was no prompt for a limit-breaking attribute, which should mean that no limit-breaking was needed.

That is to say, 1.8 + 0.3, a total of 2.1 attribute points, would allow him to break through to the Demon Venerable Realm Second Transformation.

As for these attribute points, coordinating all the resources that Heartless Hall could currently mobilize should bring him one or two points.

This, of course, does not mean that Heartless Hall only has so many resources under its command.

Rather, the mobilization of resources takes time, and the available liquid funds on the books are only this much.

It's like collecting taxes; those sent to collect this year's taxes might have just departed, while those who collected taxes from ten years ago might have just returned.

After all, the territories below are too vast, and those in the Immortal Law Realm cannot personally go down to collect taxes.

So coordinating resources from various regions is a very time-consuming task.

When Chen De conquered those territories, he had already issued orders to begin coordination.

He even put his subordinate forces entirely into this task.

But by now, among these conquered forces, it is likely that the first batch of resources will still be those from Qianqiu Palace, which received the earliest orders and can be coordinated and delivered quickly.

As for Zhengyuan Sect itself, war, after all, requires resources; Chen De had already arranged this before he departed.

Now, calculating the time, Zhengyuan Sect's supplies should arrive soon; Chen De had specifically sent a Demon Venerable Realm avatar to handle this.

Once collected, they could be delivered to Chen De at the fastest possible speed.

At that time, if combined with Heartless Hall's current liquid resources...

The 2.1 attribute points Chen De still lacked should be made up.

So the Supreme Holy Mother merely waved her hand, and all the high-ranking officials of Heartless Hall were successfully enlightened by him.

Everyone worked together with one heart and mind, with a speed and enthusiasm far exceeding their usual work, to coordinate resources for Chen De.

This was Chen De, this was the Holy Mother Sect; the subordinates loved each other, and there was no internal strife whatsoever.

And without internal strife, you see, isn't everything much more convenient and faster than before?

So, Chen De waited quietly and waited... The matter of Heartless Hall had already settled, and North Domain Star Palace and the foreign races were probably still plotting how to silently attack Heartless Hall.

After all, it was the first cooperation between the two sides, and a major undertaking from the start; how could they not be cautious?

If Zhengyuan Sect were to learn of their movements in advance, and Chang Qi were to find out about it...

Gathering the other sects in Xichen Domain at that point could very likely cause their plan to fail from the outset.

Although everyone was at the Immortal Law Realm Second Transformation, Chang Qi had broken through long ago and was certainly stronger than Han Yan.

As for the Immortal Law Realm cultivators below them, on the surface, the foreign races outnumbered humanity.

This was also the cleverness of the foreign races, specifically choosing an opportunity when humanity had lost two major powers to act.

Otherwise, they might have continued to bide their time.

With these two sides combined, neither could gain an advantage.

But now, humanity holds the greater power in this world; if it came to a prolonged war, the foreign races would surely lose in the end.

Moreover, at that time, it was uncertain whether the two from North Domain Star Palace would truly tie themselves to the foreign races' war chariot.

Just as Han Tian once advised Qin Lie, there are no principles, only interests that haven't been negotiated properly.